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Jazz Musician of the Day: Richie Cole
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Richie Cole's birthday today!
Richie Cole fans continue to praise the jazz/bebop artist who is recognized worldwide for the sweet sounds of his alto sax and the creativity behind his Alto Madness Orchestra. The Alto Madness Orchestra was developed by Richie in the early 90's and its continuing popularity is proof of its uniqueness. “The idea of the Orchestra is the concept and sound of an eighteen-piece big band using only seven instruments, four of ...
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Alto Saxophonist Richie Cole Pays Tribute To A Lifelong Hero On "Cannonball," Set For Oct. 26 Release
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Terri Hinte Publicity
The alto madness of Richie Cole celebrates one of its chief inspirations with the October 26 release of Cannonball (Richie Cole Presents). An inveterate bebop stalwart, Cole leads the Pittsburgh Alto Madness Orchestra and several special guests in paying tribute to his hero, the legendary alto saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley. The album comprises a dozen tunes closely associated with Adderley (including his own “Sack o’ Woe”), as well as a brand-new Cole original (“Bell of the Ball”). While Cole often ...
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Alto Saxophonist Richie Cole To Release New CD, "Latin Lover," October 20
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Alto saxophonist Richie Cole has covered a lot of stylistic ground since he left the Berklee School of Music in 1969 to join the Buddy Rich Band at age 21. Long known as a torchbearer for bebop, Cole started referring to his style of playing as “Alto Madness” in the 1970s, and that has been his motto ever since. In the course of a prolific career fast approaching the half-century mark, Cole has included Latin jazz tunes on many recordings, ...
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"Richie Cole Plays Ballads & Love Songs," Cole's First Ballad Album In His 45-year Career, To Be Released Oct. 21
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Setting down roots in Pittsburgh two years ago has borne fruit for alto saxophonist Richie Cole in the form of his beautiful new album, Richie Cole Plays Ballads & Love Songs. The CD, his first all-ballads album, will be released on his Richie Cole Presents imprint on October 21. “I don’t play the saxophone, I sing the saxophone,” Cole says. “It’s all about telling a story. If you don’t know the melody or the words—which is true of a lot ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Richie Cole
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Richie Cole's birthday today!
Richie Cole fans continue to praise the jazz/bebop artist who is recognized worldwide for the sweet sounds of his alto sax and the creativity behind his Alto Madness Orchestra. The Alto Madness Orchestra was developed by Richie in the early 90\'s and its continuing popularity is proof of its uniqueness. “The idea of the Orchestra is the concept and sound of an eighteen-piece big band using only seven instruments, four of ...
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Laurie Antonioli's "Varuna," A Duo Session With Pianist Richie Beirach, To Be Released By Origin Records Sept. 18
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Since returning to her native Bay Area in 2006 from a period of living and working in Europe, vocalist Laurie Antonioli has concentrated her creative energies on her American Dreams band, which backed her on last year’s breakthrough Origin Records release Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light. For her new Origin CD, Varuna, Antonioli returns to an important chapter in her musical life by recording intimate sessions with her collaborator of more than 25 years, the esteemed pianist Richie Beirach. ...
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Richie Powell in 1954
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Pianist Bud Powell not only helped invent bebop in the mid-1940s with Dexter Gordon, J.J. Johnson and Charlie Parker but he also established a new, spidery playing style that was widely imitated on both coasts right up until Bill Evans' cooler introspection in the late 1950s. In the first 10 years of his small-group career, from 1946 to 1956, Powell overshadowed his younger brother, Richie Powell, who was seven years his junior. Pianist Richie Powell is best known as the ...
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Drummer, Richie Pratt (March 11, 1943 - February 12, 2015)
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Artists Recording Collective, LLC
"It is with sadness that I inform you of the passing of drummer, Richie Pratt (March 11, 1943 - February 12, 2015) at his home in the jny: Kansas City metro area", stated Artists Recording Collective label COO, Christopher Burnett. “Richie was a prolific musician on the jny: New York City and global jazz scenes as mostly a sideman and studio musician during the 1970s and 1980s. He also worked on and off Broadway, most notably in the Tony Award ...
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Richie Kaye's Music & Mirth's "The Last Whoop-Dee-Doo!" And A Free MP3
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Richie Kaye
From the new album of swingin' fun: The Last Whoop-Dee-Doo! played by Richie Kaye's Music & Mirth featuring Tony LaVorgna DOWNLOAD THE FREE MP3 Down in the dumps? Need a pick-me-up? You've got a smile-maker in your hands! 25 tracks of classic American jazz for your entertainment and delight. No heavy lifting needed with this album. It's all melody, all the time. Lyrical and fulfilling, with the occasional comic air that will make you say, I'm glad I listened! Go ...
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See The Music Of Laurie Antonioli and Richie Beirach
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Laurie Antonioli
A short improvisational piece from master pianist Richie Beirach and song stylist Laurie Antonioli taken from their Duo Session recording is a gorgeous series of brush strokes and images that capture the feeling and sound of this song. Laurie is the Director of the Jazzschool Institute Vocal program and her student, Susana Pineda created this video as a gift for her teacher. It turns out that her intuition was stunning as Richie Beirach's favorite artist is Paul Klee. Young Susana, ...
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